It’s zombie apocalypse time again and after months of hype, Lollipop Chainsaw by Warner Brothers and Grasshopper Manufacture is here.
This time you’re a Britney Spears lookalike cheerleader with a chainsaw.
You play blonde zombie hunter and cheerleader Juliet Starling who isn’t the sharpest tool in the box and if you don’t like your dialogue peppered with “whatever’s” then go no further.
This game suffers from the usual over usage of bad language and the addition of sexual content and innuendo.
While this is OK for about ten minutes, it does begin to grate.
Juliet carries around the severed head of her boyfriend Nick, who is actually funny, with some good one liners one of the few funny moments in this game
The story is set in Juliet’s old high school.
A group of zombies have taken over the place and it’s your job to track them down and kill them, before they can infest the world with zombies
The soundtrack is punchy and works well.
Lollipop Chainsaw promised much but doesn’t deliver.
The action is there but it just feels a little contrived and clinical.
Juliet’s moves are pretty basic and you don’t actually get any descent combos until well into the game, which is a shame.
The whole game scenario is fight some zombies, little cut scene animation and then fight some more zombies.
Lollipop Chainsaw tries hard but just doesn’t pull it off.
The combos that are available later should be standard to make the game play more enjoyable at the start.
I became bored quickly with the game because of the lack of stimulus and the excessive use of bad language.
As for the game play, it’s fun but not great. The campaign at only five hours long doesn’t offer value for money.
Developers: Grasshopper manufacture
Publisher: Warner brothers
Xbox 360®
Playstation 3®
Genre: hack and slash RPG
Release Date: 15th June 2012